Kathisma XIV

Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord hath wrought wonderful works, His right hand, and His holy arm, have wrought salvation for Him.

The Lord hath made known His salvation, He hath revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He hath remembered His mercy to Jacob, and His truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it.

The rivers shall clap their hands together; the mountains shall exult.

For He is come to judge the earth; He shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations in uprightness.

The Lord reigneth; —let the people rage; it is He that sitteth upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.

The Lord is great in Sion, and is high over all the people.

Let them give thanks to Thy great name; for it is terrible and holy.

And the king's honor loveth judgment; Thou hast prepared equity, Thou hast wrought judgment and justice in Jacob.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool; for He is holy.

Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He heard them.

He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies, and the ordinances which He gave them.

O Lord our God, Thou heardest them; O God, Thou becamest propitious to them, though Thou didst take vengeance on all their devices.

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with exultation.

Know that the Lord He is God; He made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with hymns; give thanks to Him, praise His name.

For the Lord is good, His mercy is for ever; and His truth endureth to generation and generation.

I will sing to Thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,

and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt Thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

I have not set before my eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors.

A perverse heart hath not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turneth away from me.

Him that privily speaketh against his neighbor, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.

The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.

Early did I kill all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to Thee.

Turn not away Thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline Thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon Thee, speedily hear me.

For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.

I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;

I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.

All the day long my enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.

For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;

because of Thine anger and Thy wrath: for Thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down.

My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

But Thou, Lord, endurest for ever, and Thy memorial to generation and generation.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.

For Thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.

So the nations shall fear Thy name, O Lord, and all kings Thy glory.

For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in His glory.

He hath had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and hath not despised their petition.

Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.

For He hath looked out from the height of His sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;

to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain;

to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.

He answered him in the way of His strength: tell me the fewness of my days.

Take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are through all generations.

In the beginning Thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands.

They shall perish, but Thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them, and they shall be changed.

But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.

The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall prosper for ever.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His praises:

who forgiveth all thy transgressions, who healeth all thy diseases;

who redeemeth thy life from corruption; who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion;

who satisfieth thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

The Lord executeth mercy and judgment for all that are injured.

He made known His ways to Moses, His will to the children of Israel.

The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, longsuffering, and full of mercy.

He will not be always angry; neither will He be wrathful for ever.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord hath so increased His mercy toward them that fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

As a father pitieth his children, the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.

For He knoweth our frame: remember that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish.

For the wind passeth over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know his place no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children;

to them that keep His covenant, and remember His commandments to do them.

The Lord hath prepared His throne in the heaven; and His kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the Lord, all ye His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His bidding, ready to listen to the voice of His words.

Bless the Lord, all ye His hosts; ye ministers of His that do His will.

Bless the Lord, all His works, in every place of His dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, Thou art very great; Thou hast clothed Thyself with praise and honor:

who dost robe Thyself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain.

Who covereth His chambers with waters; who maketh the clouds His chariot; who walketh on the wings of the wind.

Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flaming fire.

Who establisheth the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever.

The deep, as it were a garment, is His covering: the waters shall stand on the hills.

At Thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of Thy thunder they shall be alarmed.

They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which Thou hast founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.

He sendeth forth His fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains.

They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst.

By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks.

He watereth the mountains from His chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of Thy works.

He maketh grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;

and wine maketh glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengtheneth man's heart.

The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which He hath planted.

There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron taketh the lead among them.

The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, and the rock for the rabbits.

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Thou didst make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:

even young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God.

The sun ariseth, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens.

Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labor till evening.

How great are Thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast Thou wrought them all: the earth is filled with Thy creation.

So is this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great.

There go the ships; and this dragon whom Thou hast made to play in it.

All wait upon Thee, to give them their food in due season.

When Thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when Thou hast opened Thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.

But when Thou hast turned away Thy face, they shall be troubled: Thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust.

Thou shalt send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in His works;

who looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble; who toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist.

Let my meditation be sweet to Him: and I will rejoice in the Lord.

Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon His name; declare His works among the heathen.

Sing to Him, yea, sing praises to Him: tell forth all His wonderful works.

Glory in His holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.

Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened; seek His face continually.

Remember His wonderful works that He hath done; His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth;

ye seed of Abraam, His servants, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded for a thousand generation:

which He established as a covenant to Abraam, and He remembered His oath to Isaac.

And He established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of thine inheritance:

when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it.

And they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

He suffered no man to wrong them; and He rebuked kings for their sakes:

saying, Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm.

Moreover He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole support of bread.

He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave.

They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron,

until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire.

The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free.

He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance;

to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

And He increased His people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies.

And He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.

He sent forth Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen.

He established among them His signs, and His wonders in the land of Cham.

He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against His words.

He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings.

He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

He turned their rain into hail, and sent flaming fire in their land.

And He struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast.

He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable,

and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground.

He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor.

And He brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes.

Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them.

He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.

They asked, and the quail came, and He satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places.

For He remembered His holy word, which He promised to Abraam His servant.

And He brought out His people with exultation, and His chosen with joy;

and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people;

that they might keep His ordinances, and diligently seek His law.